COACHING - by Tendulkar's COACH
Coach finds cricket player : The result is discovery
Cricket player finds coach : The result is redemption
Coach and cricket player find each other : The result is an enviable career for both
With the World cup Cricket around the corner, let us examine the life of Sachin Tendulkar, a world class cricket player and his early career. Will he be a world class player today, if he had not met his coach during those early days? Read ahead.
Sachin Tendulkar
It is of common knowledge that Sachin began his career in the international cricket at the age of 16. However, very less is known of the man who played the key role in Sachin's Cricket career - his coach Ramakant Achrekar.
According to well known sources, Sachin was only 11 when his brother noticed the potential of a cricket player in him. I can imagine what his brother saw - Sachin with his big bat that definitely weighed more than those his playmates used, fierce determination between his brows, his eyes focussed on the ball and his hands tightly gripped around the bat. As the ball draws near, he calculates its momentum and at the split second, weilds the bat with such force and power that the resultant runs are not 1s and 2s, but 4s and 6s.
He introduced Sachin to his coach Achrekar, who also happened to be the official coach of Shardashram (School well known in inter school cricket competitions).
Brief about the coach
Coach Achrekar perhaps did not become a world class player himself. However, he represented the State Bank of India team as the wicket-keeper batsman for a long time.
He was known among his colleagues as the Bradman of tennis ball cricket. Whoever imagined him to become the first coach of a world class cricket player who would shake the criket world?
Sachin's brother Ajit Tendulkar felt that this man was the right person to coach and develop the potential in his brother.
One thing about this coach that made him come to this conclusion was the fact that he laid equal emphasis on match and net practice . The coach made sure that his team were always ready as red hot iron - playing in tournaments, one after another through out the year.
Coaches are all over. But what makes his coaching style unique is his motivation technique. From what I have researched about him, Sachin would play in various nets at a go. And when he got tired, his coach would put a rupee coin on the stumps and tell the team that whoever got him out of the game would get the coin. If nobody did, then would sachin get the coin. (In those days, a rupee had more value than it does these days). And it worked!
This coach brought the best out of his student.
Now, imagine that you had a coach who coached you during those early days of your career and motivated you, just like Sachin Tendulkar. Would you have been a different person with a different career and an altogether different life style? Wait. Its not late.
Do you find yourself in the following situations?
Cricket player finds coach : The result is redemption
Coach and cricket player find each other : The result is an enviable career for both
With the World cup Cricket around the corner, let us examine the life of Sachin Tendulkar, a world class cricket player and his early career. Will he be a world class player today, if he had not met his coach during those early days? Read ahead.
Sachin Tendulkar
It is of common knowledge that Sachin began his career in the international cricket at the age of 16. However, very less is known of the man who played the key role in Sachin's Cricket career - his coach Ramakant Achrekar.
According to well known sources, Sachin was only 11 when his brother noticed the potential of a cricket player in him. I can imagine what his brother saw - Sachin with his big bat that definitely weighed more than those his playmates used, fierce determination between his brows, his eyes focussed on the ball and his hands tightly gripped around the bat. As the ball draws near, he calculates its momentum and at the split second, weilds the bat with such force and power that the resultant runs are not 1s and 2s, but 4s and 6s.
He introduced Sachin to his coach Achrekar, who also happened to be the official coach of Shardashram (School well known in inter school cricket competitions).
Brief about the coach
Coach Achrekar perhaps did not become a world class player himself. However, he represented the State Bank of India team as the wicket-keeper batsman for a long time.
He was known among his colleagues as the Bradman of tennis ball cricket. Whoever imagined him to become the first coach of a world class cricket player who would shake the criket world?
Sachin's brother Ajit Tendulkar felt that this man was the right person to coach and develop the potential in his brother.
One thing about this coach that made him come to this conclusion was the fact that he laid equal emphasis on match and net practice . The coach made sure that his team were always ready as red hot iron - playing in tournaments, one after another through out the year.
Coaches are all over. But what makes his coaching style unique is his motivation technique. From what I have researched about him, Sachin would play in various nets at a go. And when he got tired, his coach would put a rupee coin on the stumps and tell the team that whoever got him out of the game would get the coin. If nobody did, then would sachin get the coin. (In those days, a rupee had more value than it does these days). And it worked!
This coach brought the best out of his student.
Now, imagine that you had a coach who coached you during those early days of your career and motivated you, just like Sachin Tendulkar. Would you have been a different person with a different career and an altogether different life style? Wait. Its not late.
Do you find yourself in the following situations?
- You have felt lately that you are operating at a level lesser than your normal potential
- You want to think it through, but you do not find the time
- You have thought through, unable to put your finger on the specifics causing the problem
- You have figured out the specifics of the problem, but do not know the solution
- You know the solution and need help in implementing it
It is time you found yourself a coach. In the following post, I will provide you information on coaching organisations, their specialisations and coach profiles.
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